In any settlement make sure the legal descriptions are identical, letter for letter, number for number, on deeds, title insurance, mortgage documents and releases if any.

Only a CPA/attorney can tell you what the best structure of your business is.The best reason is generally that LLCs are easier to manage from an accounting and legal standpoint than a corporation, but from a tax standpoint, they can be treated identically.

We’ve been victims of corporate identity theft ourselves and it’s very hard to stop even when you see it happening before your very eyes.  

If the units are identical and you're going to live in one and rent the other then it is really two pieces of property for 1031 purposes - an investment property and a primary residence.You can absolutely use your 1031 exchange to purchase the investment portion of that duplex.  

They were created for identity purposes and technically, you are not required to use your social security number for building credit.

I believe Nevada is better for Identity protection/anonymity, Not legal corporate veil penetration protection.

But let's say for different investments with an identical risk profile, how do you arrive at an IRR that says "yes this will make the investors happy"?

We're seeing Average Days on Market figures remaining nearly identical to last year at around 60-70 days.

I'm a newbie as well in an almost identical situation and this posting was great!

You may know that identity theft is the number one non-violent crime in the country.